King George I of England boarding the royal coach to Osnabruck on the night of his death, 22 June 1727. King Gorge the First in crown, wig and ermine robes, with orb and sceptre, wearing sandals. Six servants in livery hang on to the rear of the carriage. Georgey Porgey the First going out for a ride in his state coachy poachy. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by John Leech from Gilbert Abbott A’Beckett’s Comic History of England, Bradbury, Agnew & Co., London, 1880.

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